BlockSombrio, New Mexico
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Vaughn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88435. It lies near Milagro Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Milagro quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Fort Sumner quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Sumner quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Milagro quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Vaughn quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Sombrio (historical) between 1994 and 2018, burning about 23 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PINTADA |
| 12 April 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | REPY |
| 21 March 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FLORES |
| 5 February 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Las Vegas District | PINTADA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pintada | 3.7 miles | 6 | |
| Milagro | 6.7 miles | 6 | |
| Vegas Junction | 10.5 miles | 6 | |
| San Ignacio | 10.7 miles | 6 | |
| Pastura | 12.3 miles | 6 | |
| Leoncito | 14.2 miles | 6 | |
| Tony | 18.2 miles | 6 | |
| Dahlia | 18.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 932991. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.